Great minds, on Friday last I just finished photographing my collection of toy Cowboys and Indians using my PC Screen set on Monument Valleu Utah as the backdrop. Your diorama looks better every time I view it,and this is a very good idea to pass on,but watch out guys for the black silhouette. BB

In my modeler life I have seen many, but many works, although very few have I recorded in my memory in detail.This will undoubtedly be one of them.To say "well done" is to stay very short.I will look many times this diorama, not only to admire it but also to learn because you have handled many difficult techniques to perfection.A master work.And Kostis...proud of being able to know and maintain conversations and exchanges of ideas with a modeler of such magnitude like you.

I am so happy I came to this site just to see this awsome diorama. It is certainly one of the best I have ever seen. You managed to give all the tenderness and love in the face of the young officer, and the happiness in the face of the kid. This is real art. Could you please post a few more pics? we need to see more details.

The quality of all details is very high. I can even see the snake now. Also I love the quality of the pictures&lighting.

Your use of the background is a little unsure and diverse : sometimes its abstract, or work in progress style, later its figurative or realistic. Was it difficult for you to make a choice how to present your otherwise perfect and professional looking work?

Santi Pérez wrote:Great idea to use a picture in the PC screen as landscape for the diorama. With your kind permission, I will copy it for future pictures.

Yes I agree. Very interesting idea.

The angle in which the screen is used makes much difference. It will be very difficult to get a perfect result like with a printed picture background. The computerscreen will only work perfect when your camera is at groundlevel with your diorama and the screen directed both horizontally and vertically at right angles with the camera.

Above is an angle not right so the image gets dark and even darker towards the corner.

Positioning the background at a right angle towards the camera (not towards the diorama base) gives a much better, lighter and equal effect:But here the reflection of the screen can be seen as withe bars. Positioning the camera with diorama base will help and also does more justice to the perspective.

Also your use of a pronounced diorama edge makes it more difficult:

The size of most screens is limited. We could think of using a huge flatscreen TV for a bigger image.

The extremely high quality of your diorama makes it worth continuing the photographic experiment with using the digital background.